History Headscratchers / PokemonBlackAndWhite

** I think it's like Helping Hand, it's not made for the Pokemon using it in itself in single battles, but for using on another Pokemon in double and or triple battles. You can use it to aide with decreased priority moves, for example. Your opponent has a Heracross (speed 85) and you have a Beartic (speed 50). Normally, Beartic would move after Heracross, but if its partner has a higher speed than your Heracross and uses "After You" on Beartic, Beartic will go first. It's also good for forcing moves with decreased priority, such as Focus Punch, Roar, Dragon Tail, Circle Throw, and Whirlwind to happen as soon as "After You" is used on the user. Quash is the same move but with more range in triple battles. I never got the point of giving Splash to any Pokemon other than Magikarp.
*** That's exactly the point of the move: to force slower Pokemon to move first, including those who using decreased priority moves. If any move seems like it works for the sole purpose of benefiting the opponent or is otherwise useless in a single or rotation battle, chances are that it was intended for use in double and triple battles. The same goes for many moves that you wouldn't be able to use consistently, such as Snatch (which can be used by one of your Pokemon to steal the effects of one of your other Pokemon's moves). Quash is almost useless without Trick Room, though. It forces the opponent to go last, but it has no increased Priority and most of the Pokemon that gain the move are slow. Even worse is the fact that, unlike After You, the number of things able to learn it didn't increase in B2W2.

** I think it's like Helping Hand, it's not made for the Pokemon using it in itself in single battles, but for using on another Pokemon in double and or triple battles. You can use it to aide with decreased priority moves, for example. You have a Heracross (speed 85) with Revenge and your opponent has Beartic (speed 50) with Avalanche. Revenge and Avalanche both have the same power (60), effect (doubles the damage to 120 if the Pokemon is hit first) and priority (-4). So your Pokemon being the faster one would had gone first if it wasn't for After You. It's also good for using it on the opponent so you go first when using Focus Punch, and moves like Roar, Dragon Tail, Circle Throw and Whirlwind who will switch out the opponent before he has a chance to do anything. Quash is the same move but with more range in triple battles. I never got the point of giving Splash to any Pokemon other than Magikarp.

*** And yet Cyrus did pretty much the same thing with Galactic. [[spoiler: He wasn't gonna share his Universe. Plus it would be smarter for him to be the only one to use Pokemon. If Everyone has Pokemon, then that's basically saying that there's an army that he'd have to fight in order to take over Unova.]] Now then as for the [[spoiler: 'using N' subject, let me just say that we don't know in Black and White if N is his foster son or not.]] I'm assuming that the question is answered in Black 2 and White 2, but I wouldn't know because I have not played that game. [[spoiler: N was simply one pawn in his plan. Other people such as Cyrus or Greevil have had many more pawns in their plans. Same with that guy from That Ranger game that I don't really care about but have read about due to sheer boredom. The third one just so you know.]] There are many other people who should be called a complete monster before Ghetsis. Plus as for [[spoiler: The orbs, we did know what he was planing to do with those. So, as dark as a theory you can make, you must also know that there might be a lighter theory. For all we know, he could have just been using those for a back-up to get all of the people to release their pokemon.]] Although, if that was the case, one must wonder ''why'' he didn't do that after the game.

** It said that it came from the Ocean. Who's to say it didn't end up reaching that cave and evolving into the floating electric sardine we see today?

* You guys all know Icirrus City, right? well, the nearest patch of grass is in a measly '''six''' spaces away from the fence, now, are you ok with the fact that there are wild Druddigon roaming 6 ft. away from your town?

**** Actually, it's probably because Cryogonal is partially based on a giant mirror. There are a couple of moves that don't make sense for it to have--Flash Cannon and Solar Beam--until you realize that those attacks are light-based and mirrors reflect light. So the reason why it learns Attract...is because ''it's reflecting its opponent, trying to make its opponent fall in love with its own image!''

**** Because it's a fucking snail.

*** And yet Cyrus did pretty much the same thing with Galactic. [[spoiler: He wasn't gonna share his Universe. Plus it would be smarter for him to be the only one to use Pokemon. If Everyone has Pokemon, then that's basically saying that there's an army that he'd have to fight in order to take over Unova.]] Now then as for the [[spoiler: 'using N' subject, let me just say that we don't know in Black and White if N is his foster son or not.]] I'm assuming that the question is answered in Black 2 and White 2, but I wouldn't know because I have not played that game. [[spoiler: N was simply one pawn in his plan. Other people such as Cyrus or Greevil have had many more pawns in their plans. Same with that guy from That Ranger game that I don't really care about but have read about due to sheer boredom. The third one just so you know.]] There are many other people who should be called a complete monster before Ghetsis.

** Because he [[spoiler: used not only his foster son, but ''the entirety of Team Plasma'' for a selfish scheme of wanting to be the only person in the world to use Pokemon. We're expected to believe that that was the whole reason he took N under his custody and got him to awaken the legendary Pokemon]].

**** [[FridgeLogic Same reason]] [[TheyJustDidntCare why it (a sleek and streamlined sea lion) is slower than Blastoise (a giant turtle).]]

* Alright, this one is probably going to surprise people, but why do people describe Ghetis as a Complete Monster? I'm talking pre-Black and White 2 mind you, I know he does something quite monstrous in that game. But, in Black and White all I see is a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bastard]], and [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent One]]. But a complete monster? Really?

* Alright, this one is probably going to surprise people, but why do people describe Ghetis as a Complete Monster? I'm talking pre-Black and White 2 mind you, I know he does something quite monstrous in that game. But, in Black and White all I see is a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulativ eBastard]], and [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent One]]. But a complete monster? Really?

* It's nice to have a pure Flying type after all these years, but why is Tornadus the only member of its trio to not have a second type?

** Genesect was the apex predator in its time. There wouldn't have been many of them around at any one time, and fossils only form in very particular circumstances. Perhaps the fossils that the player can find are like the Pokémon equivalent of ammonites and Devil's Toenails, and Genesect fossils are more like a T. Rex. ~~~~

** Genesect was the apex predator in its time. There wouldn't have been many of them around at any one time, and fossils only form in very particular circumstances. Perhaps the fossils that the player can find are like the Pokémon equivalent of ammonites and Devil's Toenails, and Genesect fossils are more like a T. Rex.